Where does “kuumottaa” come from?

kuumottaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kumottaa, from Finnish ottaa, from Proto-Finnic vottadak, from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- — to wind, to turn.

kuumottaa (Finnish): to be barely visible, seem to be, be in sight, glimmer unclearly, as through another medium

Definitions

  1. to be barely visible, seem to be, be in sight, glimmer unclearly, as through another medium

Ancestry of “kuumottaa”, step by step

kuumottaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kumottaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkumottaato glimmer, shine especially of the moon
2Finnishottaato take; to take, ingest or drink; to deprive of,...
3Proto-Finnicvottadakto take
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn

via Finnish kuuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuumahot; ardent, passionate, fervent
2Proto-Finnickuumahot

Words derived from “kuumottaa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wendʰ- →
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